#1335 • Jeran Designs Hand Beaded "Orchid" Evening Gown

Part of The Jeran Couture & Fine Jewelry Runway Show (timed auction by GWS Auctions)

Starting at $1.00

Status: Sold

Est. $16,000-$18,000 Jeran Designs Multi-Color Hand Beaded Black Chiffon Long-Sleeved "Orchid" Evening Gown - This stunning evening gown by Jeran Designs is constructed of black chiffon and is masterfully hand beaded in a multi-colored orchid motif. The floor length long-sleeved gown has a sultry 27" slit at the front right leg, and is encrusted with hand beading from the shoulders to the bottom and on the sleeves. It is beaded with purple iris and clear bugle bead, pink and lavender seed bead and purple lochrosen orchids strategically beaded throughout the piece, green iris, clear and iridescent green bugle bead leaves, and a background of iridescent AB bugle beads, displaying the expert bead work and craftsmanship which is synonymous with the Jeran name. The gown is also accented with purple lochrosens interspersed throughout, and has a jewel neckline and sleeve cuffs lined with purple lochrosens and bugle beads. The sleeves have zippers at the cuffs allowing the piece to be put on and taken off easily. The gown bears interior Jeran Designs and Made in U.S.A. labels. Approximate measurements: bust-32", waist-27", length underarm to hem-49", sleeve length-24".Jeran Designs was founded by Emmy Award-nominated designers and life-partners of 30 years, Jerry Skeels and Randy McLaughlin. The pair were the epitome of Hollywood glamour through the 1980s and 90s, and created some of the decade's most iconic fashions. They created the sparkling red gown worn by Joan Collins on her December 1983 Playboy Magazine cover, and the infamous "Hollywood Graffiti Gown" hand-beaded with the signatures of over 345 of Hollywood's most influential women in entertainment and other fields. The Graffiti Gown took over 24 years to come to life and was created to bring awareness to the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the United States. The gown was first envisioned by McLaughlin in 1980, and was finished and revealed in 2004 at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences "TV Cares Ribbon of Hope Celebration" where the duo were honored for their humanitarian efforts in creating the gown. In addition to the one-of-a-kind Playboy and Graffiti gowns, Skeels and McLaughlin created the wedding dress with a 10-foot train worn by Nikki Reed Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) on The Young and the Restless, and dressed the likes of Connie Sellecca, Cheryl Ladd, Lana Turner, Kim Novak, Donna Mills, Lindsay Wagner, Tina Turner, Natalie Cole, Little Richard and the legendary Liberace at the height of the 80s and 90s. The pair also designed for the models on Star Search and spent 22 years designing gowns for the models and for prizes of "The Price Is Right," and created pieces for shows such as "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful."